Germany: 20 police officers investigated over far-right chats
Pedophile texts found in a police commandos smart phone led to the identification of 19 other Hesse state police allegedly involved in far-right chat groups, say prosecutors.
Frankfurt police chief Gerhard Bereswill says far-right chat allegations are terrible.
Several police officers from the German state of Hessen are being investigated for far-right links, prosecutors announced on Wednesday.
The investigation against 20 police officers included searches of six of their homes and workplaces inside Frankfurt s police headquarters presidium and follow similar probes last year in North Rhine-Westphalia state (NRW).
Most of the suspects had sent messages in far-right chat groups from 2016 and 2017, said prosecutors in Hessen state, which includes finance hub Frankfurt and its regional state capital Wiesbaden.
Präsidium durchsucht: Razzia bei 20 Polizisten wegen rechten Chatgruppen
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